IP Library Granted Patent US 8,860,034
Granted Patent B2
US 8,860,034 · App. 13/294,079 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Organic light-emitting display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,860,034
App. No.
13/294,079
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode; and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, and an optical property modification layer having at least one optical property modified from that of the reflective electrode is formed on a surface of the reflective layer.

Claims (42)

1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate opposing the first substrate and comprising a display surface;

a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a second electrode disposed between the first electrode and the second substrate; and

an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the first electrode is made of a conductive material and comprises a top surface which faces the second substrate and is laser-modified such that reflection on the top surface is substantially minimized compared to the top surface without such laser-modification.

2. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top surface being laser modified such that at least one optical property selected from the group consisting of transmittivity, refractive index, diffraction, and color is modified.

3. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top surface is laser-modified by applying a femtosecond duration laser beam pulse at least once to the reflective electrode.

4. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein an area of the laser-modification of the top surface by the femtosecond duration laser beam has a nano-scale or micro-scale size.

5. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the top surface faces the organic light-emitting layer.

6. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein light emitted from the organic light-emitting layer is emitted toward the second substrate,

wherein a light-blocking layer is further formed between the first substrate and the organic light-emitting layer.

7. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising at least one thin-film transistor (TFT) connected to the first electrode and at least one wiring portion connected to the at least one TFT,

wherein the at least one TFT and the at least one wiring portion are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and

the light-blocking layer is formed between the at least one TFT and the first electrode or between the at least one wiring portion and the first electrode.

8. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the light-blocking layer is formed on an area which does not overlap the laser-modified top surface when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the display surface.

9. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second substrate is a transparent substrate, and at least one transparent interference layer is further formed on a surface of the second substrate through which external light is incident.

10. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the transparent interference layer has a thickness equivalent to about ¼ wavelength of the external light.

11. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the transparent interference layer has a smaller refractive index than a refractive index of the transparent substrate.

12. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the transparent interference layer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of magnesium fluoride, silica, and a highly refractive transparent material.

13. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one transparent interference layer comprises a plurality of transparent interference layers, each of which has a thickness equivalent to about ¼ wavelength of the external light.

14. An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:

a first substrate comprising a display surface;

a second substrate opposing the first substrate;

a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed between the first electrode and the second substrate; and

an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the second electrode is made of a conductive material and comprising a surface which faces the first substrate and is laser-modified such that reflection on the surface is substantially minimized compared to the surface without such laser-modification,

wherein light emitted from the organic light-emitting layer is emitted toward the first substrate,

wherein a light-blocking layer is further formed between the first substrate and the first electrode.

15. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising at least one thin-film transistor (TFT) connected to the first electrode and at least one wiring portion connected to the at least one TFT,

wherein the at least one TFT and the at least one wiring portion are formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and

the light-blocking layer is formed between the at least one TFT and the first electrode or between the at least one wiring portion and the first electrode.

16. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the light-blocking layer is formed on an area in which the laser-modified surface is not formed.

17. An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate;

a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode; and

an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, and wherein an optical property modification layer having at least one optical property modified from that of the reflective electrode is formed on a surface of the reflective electrode,

wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate is a transparent substrate, and at least one transparent interference layer is further formed on a surface of the transparent substrate through which external light is incident,

wherein the at least one transparent interference layer comprises a first transparent interference layer and a second transparent interference layer which is closer to the transparent substrate than the first transparent interference layer and has a refractive index higher than that of the first transparent interference layer.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Aug 31, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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